Cordia Sebestena is a small flowering tree native to South America, Yucatan, southern Florida, The Bahamas, the West Indies. It is widely planted throughout the tropical and subtropical regions as an ornamental because of its flowers. Cordia Sebestena is an evergreen tree, which grows up to 8 m tall.

Rhapis mulitifida is a clustering small size palm, native to Southern China. It is similar to but shorten than Raphis Humili. Raphis mulitifida is a very nice indoor (or patio) plant. It is known as a very cold hardy palm and fast growing plant.

Bauhinia purpurea a deciduous flowering plant native to South China and southeastern Asia. It is introduced to many tropical countries around the world. The plant grows in Hawaii, coastal California, southern Texas, and southwest Florida.

Bauhinia purpurea is a small tree growing up to 17 m in height. The leaf are board, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are pink and fragrant.

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Cycads are not true palms, but a group of primitive seed plants characterized with a crown of large compound leaves and a stout trunk. They are evergreen, gymnospermous, dioecious plants.
See also : zamia-furturacea

Cycas Revoluta.

Common name : king sago palm.

Cycas Revoluta or Sago Palm is a cycad native to southern Japan.

This is a very symmetrical plant with a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk. The trunk has a diameter of 20 cm or sometimes wider (this plant can grow into very old specimens with 6–7 m or 20 feet of trunk, but it requires about 50–100 years)

Crinum is a genus of about 180 species of perennial plants that have large showy flowers on leafless stems, and develop from bulbs. They are found along the sides of streams and lakes in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide, including South Africa. (source: wikpedia).

The name Crinum originates from the Greek : Krinon, that means white lily.